Cuff for trousers



Aug. 30, 1949. M. 'WILKENFELD 0,

CUFF FOR TROUSERS Filed Feb. 7, 1947 INVENTOR.

NIEB WILKEZVFE'LD Patented Aug. 30, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to trousers and more particularly to cuffs therefor.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a cufi for trousers which can be strapped about theankle, above and below the same, which will have an ornamental appearance and be particularly useful for outdoor winter wear.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a trouser cuff which is of simple construction, easy to assemble, in which the seams will be aligned with the side seams of the trousers and with the pressed front and rear creases thereof, and efiicient in operation.

For a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of the trousers,

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of one of the trouser legs,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2 and looking in the direction of the arrows thereof,

Fig. 4 is a transverse cross-sectional view taken on line I--4. of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows thereof,

Fig. 5 is a plan view of one of the pieces which are assembled to form the cuff.

Referring now to the figures, Ill represents a pair of trousers having cuffs II formed according. to the present invention. The cufis are formed on trouser legs I2 which are notched at the front and rear as indicated at I3 to provide the necessary bagging to the trousers. The sides are connected together by side seams or stitching I4. After this part of the trouser leg has been assembled by the stitching I3 or I4 the bottom edge can be turned under as indicated at I5 and sewed to a lining I6 for the cuif. This lining I6 contains an elastic H for further bagging the trouser bottom about the leg.

Also to this lining adjacent the elastic I! there is sewed the upper .end of an assemblage of pieces I8 of greater width at their center than at their top and bottom, (Fig. 5). These pieces are sewed along their side edges and the assembly is so connected to the lining I6 that the seams will be respectively aligned with the front and rear notched seams I3 and the side seams I4. Due to the nature of the shape of the pieces a fanciful cuff will be formed. The lower end of the assemblage is sewed to an inside band 2| and an outside band or strap 22. These bands 2| and 22 form a cuff and a button 23 serves to connect the ends of the cuff together about the bottom of the ankle by means of a buttonhole provided at the end of the outside strip 22. Connected to the jointure of the assembly I8 with the trouser leg and lining I6 and extending externally thereof is a band 24 which Number 2 can be wrapped around the trouser leg and buttoned at 25 by means of a buttonhole provided at the end of the band 24 so that the assembly will also be tightened about the top of the ankle.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a pair of trousers having leg portions, a cuff member connected to the bottom end of each leg portion, said cuif member having narrowed upper and lower end portions and a widened center portion, said narrowed upper and lower end portions being adapted to be tightened above and below the ankle, respectively, means for tightening the upper and lower end portions to predetermined size, and in which the leg pertions of the trousers have side seams and notched front and rear portions, and said cuff member is composed of four substantially hexagonally shaped pieces, the upper ends of said pieces being connected with the bottom end of the trouser legs and the side ends of said pieces being connected with the side ends of adjacent pieces, the side seams connecting the pieces being aligned Yvith the side seams and. notches of the trouser egs.

2. In a pair of trousers having leg portions, a cuff member connected to the bottom end of each leg portion, said cufi member having narrowed upper and lower end portions and a widened center portion, said narrowed upper and lower end portions being adapted to be tightened above and below the ankle, respectively, means for tightening the upper and lower end portions to predetermined size, including an internal lining provided in the cuff member, and extending from the bottom end of the trouser leg to the lower end of the cuff member, and in which the upper end of the lining carries an elastic band to tighten the cuff member above the ankle.

MYER WILKENFELD.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Mayer Sept. 15, 1931 Vaccaro May 30, 1933 Van Bebber Mar. 23, 1937 Fowler Oct. 28, 1941 FOREIGN PATENTS Country 7 Date Austria Sept. 11, 1939 Number 

